FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD
As recorded by Duane Eddy
(From the 1960 Album $1,000,000 WORTH OF TWANG)
Music by Duane Eddy & Al Casey
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Duane Eddy - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Donnie Owens - Electric Baritone Guitar / One octave lower than standard tuning'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Douglas - Saxophone'
Q=123(8=s8)
N.C. N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E Q Q E E E E +H +E E E E
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||o-----------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------2-2-2-|
|------------|---------2-2-||--4---4---4-2-----|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||o-------------4-0-|-(0)-------(0)-------|
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------------|
| Wx3 W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||o-----------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------||--------2-4-2---2-|---------2--4--2---2-|
|------------|-------------||o-0-0-4-------4---|--0--0-4---------4---|
|------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------|
Q Q E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4---4---4-2-----|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------4-0-|-(0)-------(0)-------|---2-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------0-0-0-|-4---4-0-(0)---------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------0--3b4--|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E +Q
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------2-4-2---2-|---------2--4--2-----|---------------------|
|-0-0-4-------4---|--0--0-4---------4---|-------2--4--2-(2)---|
|-----------------|---------------------|-0-0-4---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
1.
H +E E E E +H +E E E +E H +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|-------------2-2-2--||
|---------------0-|-(0)-------(0)-2s4-(4)\-|-------------------o||
|-0-----(0)-0-2---|------------------------|-0-------(0)--------||
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------|
| Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------||
|-2--0------------|---------2--4--2----2---|-2-2-0-0------------||
|--------4--4-2---|--0--0-4---------4------|----------4--4-2-1-o||
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------||
2.
$
N.C.
W W W
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|-0----------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|----1-1-4--4-0----||----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2----------------||----------2--4-2----2-|-------------4-2-2-----2-|
|------------------||o--0-0--4---------4---|--0----0---4--------4----|
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| |--3---|
| H E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||o---------------------|-12-10-------------10-10-|
|----------11p==10-||--11---11-9-11-9-11-9-|-------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||o---------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr II
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------4----2---------2-|-----------4--2---2-|-------------------------|
|--0-0--4--4--------------4----|--0--0-4-4------4---|------------4---2--------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|--0-0--4-4----------4-4--|
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| |---3---| |--3--|
| Q E E E E E +Q E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------10-12-13-12---10-(10)---|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-11---------------------------|-11----------11---9-|-11---11-9-11-9-------9--|
|------------------------------|----12--------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
1.
To Coda
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
|-2----2----0-0------------|---------------4---2--------|-2--2-0-0------------||
|----------------4--4--2-2-|--0---0---4-4----------4-4--|----------4-4--2-2--o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
|
| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-9------------------------|----------------------------|-9-------------------||
|---12---9-----------------|----------------------------|---12-9-------------o||
|----------11-9-(9)-9-11-9-|-11-9-------9-11-9-------9--|----------9-9-11-9---||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
2.
N.C.
Gtr I
H E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E +Q. E
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------0-0-0-||----0--0--0-0-|-2-0---0-(0)-------|
|------------------------||-2------------|-----2-----------2-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|---------------2--2-----||-0--4--0--4-4-|-0-0-4-4--0--0-4-4-|
|--0---0---4-4-------4-4-||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| |--3--|
| E E E E E +Q Q W W
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-11-9---9-9-9-(9)-------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|------------------------||--------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E E E +H E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------0-0-0-|----0--0--0-0-|
|-0---0---2-0-2-0-|-(0)---------------|-2------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
|---------4-2-4-2-|-----------4-4-2-4-|-0--4-----0-0-|
|-0-0-4-4---------|--0--0-4-4---------|-------0------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|
E E E E +Q. E Q E E Q E E
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|-2-0---0-(0)------|-/2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|-----2------------|----------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------
| Q E E Q Q W
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|-0---4-4--0---4---|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E +E E E +E E Q H E E E E
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------2-2-2-||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|-3b4r(3)-0-0-(0)--0-0-----||-------------------------||
|
|--------------------|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|-2-------2----2-----2-----||--2---2----0-0-----------||
|--------------------------||----------------4--4-2---||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|
| |--3---|
| H E Q E E E E E E +Q Q
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------11p==10--||-11-9---11-9-9-(9)-------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------------||
&
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q a E E E E +H +E Q E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------2---2-|
||--4---4---2h4-2-----|---------------------|
||o---------------4-0-|-(0)-------(0)-------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------|---------------------|
||--------2---4-2---2-|---------2--4--2---2-|
||o-0-0-4---------4---|--0--0-4---------4---|
||--------------------|---------------------|
Q Q E E E E +H +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-4---4---4-2-----|----------------------|
|-------------4-0-|-(0)-------(0)--------|
|-----------------|---------------0-0-0--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------2-4-2---2-|---------2--4--2------|
|-0-0-4-------4---|--0--0-4---------4----|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
E E E E +E E Q H +E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---2-----------------|-----------------|
|-4---4-0-(0)---------|---------------0-|
|-------------0--3b4--|-0-----(0)-0-2---|
|
| PM-------------------------------------
| E E E E E E +Q Q Q E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------2--4--2-(2)---|-2--0------------|
|-0-0-4---------------|--------4--4-2---|
|---------------------|-----------------|
+H +E E E +E H +E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|-------------2-2-2---||
|-(0)-------(0)-2s4-(4)\-|--------------------o||
|------------------------|-0-------(0)---------||
|
|------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------||
|------------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
|---------2--4--2----2---|-2-2-0-0-------------||
|--0--0-4---------4------|----------4--4-2-1--o||
|------------------------|---------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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